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The ArtsDecember 2007J. M. W. Turner
The making of a modern artist
by Sam Smiles, Alan Rutter
Alone of his contemporaries, J.M.W. Turner is commonly held to have prefigured modern painting, as signalled in the existence of The Turner Prize for contemporary art. Our celebration of his achievement is very different to what Victorian critics made of his art. This book shows how Turner was reinvented to become the artist we recognise today. On Turner's death in 1851 he was already known as an adventurous, even baffling, painter. But when the Court of Chancery decreed that the contents of his studio should be given to the nation, another side of his art was revealed that effected a wholescale change in his reputation. This book acts as a guide to the reactions of art writers and curators from the 1850s to the 1960s as they attempted to come to terms with his work. It documents how Turner was interpreted and how his work was displayed in Britain, in Europe and in North America, concentrating on the ways in which his artistic identity was manipulated by art writers, by curators at the Tate and by designers of exhibitions for the British Council and other bodies. ;
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October 2024William Turner
Biografie | Ein Leben aus der Perspektive seiner Bilder | Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen
by Boris Brauchitsch
Von seinen Zeitgenossen entweder gefeiert oder für verrückt erklärt, gilt William Turner heute längst als der bedeutendste Künstler Großbritanniens. Kein anderer Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts hat die weitere Entwicklung der Kunst stärker geprägt als er – ob Impressionismus, Abstraktion oder Futurismus, Turner hat vieles vorweggenommen, was erst Jahrzehnte nach seinem Tod Furore machen sollte. William Turner (1775-1851), Sohn eines Barbiers, verfolgte seinen Traum von Anerkennung und Wohlstand erfolgreich mit den Mitteln der Kunst. Wohl keiner reiste und zeichnete so viel wie er, bediente einerseits gekonnt den Kunstmarkt und schuf zugleich Werke, von denen der Autor und Sammler William Beckford sagte, Turner »malt, als ob sein Hirn und seine Fantasie auf der Palette mit Seifenlauge und Schaum vermischt wären.« Zu seinem 250. Geburtstag folgt Boris von Brauchitsch dem exzentrischen Maler in dieser atmosphärisch dichten Biografie vor gesellschaftspolitisch geweitetem Horizont auf seinen abenteuerlichen Reisen durch Europa, beobachtet ihn bei seinem Wettstreit mit den Großen der Kunstgeschichte, begleitet ihn beim Kampf für die Ebenbürtigkeit der Landschaftsmalerei und geht so manchem Geheimnis nach, das ihn umgibt.
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October 2024William Turner
Biografie | Ein Leben aus der Perspektive seiner Bilder | Mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen
by Boris von Brauchitsch
Von seinen Zeitgenossen entweder gefeiert oder für verrückt erklärt, gilt William Turner heute längst als der bedeutendste Künstler Großbritanniens. Kein anderer Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts hat die weitere Entwicklung der Kunst stärker geprägt als er – ob Impressionismus, Abstraktion oder Futurismus, Turner hat vieles vorweggenommen, was erst Jahrzehnte nach seinem Tod Furore machen sollte. William Turner (1775-1851), Sohn eines Barbiers, verfolgte seinen Traum von Anerkennung und Wohlstand erfolgreich mit den Mitteln der Kunst. Wohl keiner reiste und zeichnete so viel wie er, bediente einerseits gekonnt den Kunstmarkt und schuf zugleich Werke, von denen der Autor und Sammler William Beckford sagte, Turner »malt, als ob sein Hirn und seine Fantasie auf der Palette mit Seifenlauge und Schaum vermischt wären.« Zu seinem 250. Geburtstag folgt Boris von Brauchitsch dem exzentrischen Maler in dieser atmosphärisch dichten Biografie vor gesellschaftspolitisch geweitetem Horizont auf seinen abenteuerlichen Reisen durch Europa, beobachtet ihn bei seinem Wettstreit mit den Großen der Kunstgeschichte, begleitet ihn beim Kampf für die Ebenbürtigkeit der Landschaftsmalerei und geht so manchem Geheimnis nach, das ihn umgibt.
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Animal husbandryDecember 2006Inositol Phosphates: Linking Agriculture and the Environment
by Edited by Benjamin L Turner, Alan E Richardson, Edward Mullaney
Inositol phosphates are a group of organic compounds found widely in the natural environment. They are important in agriculture because they constitute most of the phosphorus in grain seeds, but they cannot be digested by some animals. As a result, considerable research has been directed towards improving the digestibility of inositol phosphates in animal diets. Inositol phosphates are also abundant in soils and water bodies, yet a clear understanding of their behaviour in the environment remains elusive. This is surprising given the importance of phosphorus in the nutrition of both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Written by leading experts, this book brings together critical reviews on inositol phosphates in agriculture, ecology, and the environment. The sixteen chapters cover a diverse range of topics, including the synthesis and hydrolysis of inositol phosphates, their role in animal nutrition, and their fate in soils and aquatic ecosystems. It will prove valuable to a wide readership in the agricultural and biological sciences, and will serve as a unique reference source on this emerging topic.
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February 1991Sommer im Treibhaus
Science-fiction-Roman
by George Turner, Michael Koseler
George Turners Buch, das im englischen Sprachraum beträchtliche Aufmerksamkeit gefunden hat und mit einem SF-Preis ausgezeichnet wurde, ist ein Bildungsroman. Erzählt wird die Geschichte einiger junger Leute, die in einer zukünftigen Stadt Australiens aufwachsen, in der sich die Massen drängen, in der aber nur die Privilegierten Arbeit und menschenwürdige Unterkünfte haben, und die Städte allmählich in den steigenden Fluten des Ozeans und des Elends versinken – eine Folge des Treibhauseffektes, der zu katastrophalen Klimaveränderungen und als Folge davon zu weltweiten Hungersnöten führt. Der überwiegende Teil der Bevölkerung muß eine von Gewalt geprägte, kümmerliche Existenz fristen. Trotz des düsteren Hintergrunds, der andere Antiutopien anklingen läßt, ist dies keineswegs ein pessimistisches, deprimierendes Buch, sondern eine differenzierte Lektüre, die menschlichen Unternehmungsgeist und Mut feiert, die sich auch durch bedrückende äußere Umstände nicht unterkriegen lassen.
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2020Bordering intimacy
Postcolonial governance and the policing of family
by Joe Turner
Bordering intimacy explores the interconnected role of borders and dominant forms of family intimacy in the governance of postcolonial states. Combining a historical investigation with postcolonial, decolonial and black feminist theory, the book reveals how the border policies of the British and other European empires have been reinvented for the twenty-first century through appeals to protect and sustain 'family life' - appeals that serve to justify and obfuscate the continued organisation of racialised violence. The book examines the continuity of colonial rule in numerous areas of contemporary government, including family visa regimes, the policing of 'sham marriages', counterterror strategies, deprivation of citizenship, policing tactics and integration policy.
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Children's & YAJuly 2021Vielleicht Jetzt
by Carolin Wahl
Maybe Now (MAYBE Trilogy, Vol. 1) Gabriella, Joana and Karla share a flat. To finance their studies, they all work at a catering company. And the three not only realize their professional dreams, but also find the love of their lives. Gabrielle almost missed her plane in Brazil and now she sits next to this super rude guy. Great! She‘s flying to Munich to finally meet her biological father. Undercover, as she starts an internship in his catering company. On her first day in the kitchen, her instructor turns out to be, of all people, Anton. Her rude – or rather rudely handsome – seatmate from the plane! He not only lights a fire at the stove... Gabriella tries in vain to fight the sparks between them. Because Anton has clear rules when it comes to relationships at work. As hot as the Brazilian sun and as seductive as a perfect chocolate mousse! • Feel-good page turner for New Adults• Original plots in heartfelt narrations, leaving out familiar clichés• Girl power: 3 self-confident protagonists and their strong friendship• Stories about first steps towards independence: Career choices, fear of the future, parental pressure, exploring roots to find your place
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October 2021Vielleicht Nie
by Carolin Wahl
Maybe Never Gabriella, Joana and Karla share a flat. To finance their studies, they all work at a catering company. And the three not only realize their professional dreams, but also find the love of their lives. Since her older sister died in a fatal car accident, Joana does everything for a perfect life. She tries to follow her sister’s dream, out of guilt. In her life everything seems to be perfect: nice (but boring) boyfriend, successful biochemistry studies, a job at the catering company, affordable flat-sharing and wonderful friends. But everything changes when Kilian, the brother of her best friend Karla, shows up in Munich again. Kilian doesn’t fit into Joana‘s perfectly planned future at all. But he makes her feel what she has long supressed – the real Joana, who actually wanted to become a make-up artist. Ironically, since she has been wearing a mask herself since the death of her sister. • Feel-good page turner for New Adults• Original plots in heartfelt narrations, leaving out familiar clichés• Girl power: 3 self-confident protagonists and their strong friendship• Stories about first steps towards independence: Career choices, fear of the future, parental pressure, exploring roots to find your place
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2024A book of monsters
Promethean horror in modern literature and culture
by David Ashford
This books traces the rise to prominence in the twentieth-century of a sub-genre of gothic fiction that is, emphatically, a horror of enlightenment rationality rather than gothic darkness, examining post-modern revisions of Modernist "Promethean" tropes in an eclectic range of gothic, fantasy and SF writing. Whether the subject be terror of London's churches in the psychogeographical fiction of Iain Sinclair and Alan Moore, the Orcs in the linguistic fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien, King Kong, killer-computers, or demon-children in post-war British science-fiction, A Book of Monsters offers illuminating perspectives on the darker recesses of the post-modern imagination, setting out a compelling, and comprehensive, overview on our contemporary unconscious.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2020The United States in the Indo-Pacific
Obama's legacy and the Trump Transition
by Inderjeet Parmar, Oliver Turner
This edited volume examines the political, economic and security legacies former US President Barack Obama leaves across Asia and the Pacific, following two terms in office between 2009 and 2017. The aim is to advance our understanding of Obama's style, influence and impact during that time and the regional footprint he leaves behind. Moreover, it is to inform upon the endurance of, and prospects for, that legacy after two years of the Presidency of Donald Trump. The volume uniquely explores US engagement with key Indo-Pacific states including China, India and Japan; multilateral institutions and organisations such the East Asia Summit and ASEAN; and issue areas such as regional security, politics and diplomacy, and the economy. It does so with contributions from high-profile scholars and policy practitioners including Michael Mastanduno, Bruce Cumings, Maryanne Kelton, Robert Sutter, and Sumit Ganguly.
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The ArtsJuly 2021Cue and Cut
A practical approach to working in multi-camera studios
by Roger Singleton-Turner
Cue & Cut is a 'practical approach to working in television studios' for anyone who might want to work in that medium. It's full of useful information about kit, and how you would use it to create multi-camera content. Written by a multi-camera producer-director with years of drama and teaching experience, it presents both a way of handling studios and a source of information about how things have changed from the days of monochrome to HD tapeless modes - with some thoughts on 3D HDTV The book is firmly based in first-hand teaching experience and experience of producing, direction, floor managing (and so on) and on working with top flight Actors, Writers, Musicians, Designers of all disciplines and Sound and Camera crews, both at the BBC and in ITV. The book will certainly cover multi-camera aspects of Undergraduate, HND and B.Tech courses and should be useful to those on short courses, whether practical or post-graduate.
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The ArtsJuly 2021Cue and Cut
A practical approach to working in multi-camera studios
by Roger Singleton-Turner
Cue & Cut is a 'practical approach to working in television studios' for anyone who might want to work in that medium. It's full of useful information about kit, and how you would use it to create multi-camera content. Written by a multi-camera producer-director with years of drama and teaching experience, it presents both a way of handling studios and a source of information about how things have changed from the days of monochrome to HD tapeless modes - with some thoughts on 3D HDTV The book is firmly based in first-hand teaching experience and experience of producing, direction, floor managing (and so on) and on working with top flight Actors, Writers, Musicians, Designers of all disciplines and Sound and Camera crews, both at the BBC and in ITV. The book will certainly cover multi-camera aspects of Undergraduate, HND and B.Tech courses and should be useful to those on short courses, whether practical or post-graduate.
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October 2018Miss Olivia und ihr ziemlich umwerfender Wintercocktail
Roman
by Catherine Miller
Olivia Turner hat zwei große Leidenschaften: ihre Strandhütte an der schönsten Küste Englands und einen guten Drink. In ihrem Gin Club könnte die höchst agile 84-Jährige eigentlich jeden Abend in Ruhe ihren Gin Tonic genießen – und den weltbesten Wintercocktail kreieren. Wenn … ja, wenn nicht wieder einmal alles ganz anders käme: Eine neue Bar versucht, den Gin Club in den Ruin zu treiben, und ein Unbekannter dringt heimlich in Olivias Strandhütte ein und beschmiert außerdem die Wände des Gin Clubs. Doch nicht mit Olivia! Mit ihrem Segway nimmt die tatkräftige Lady die Verfolgung auf und flitzt durch die Westbrook Bay, um den Strolchen auf die Schliche zu kommen … Ein mitreißender und amüsanter Roman über eine Best Agerin, die sich nicht unterkriegen lässt und ihre Träume lebt …
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October 2018Miss Olivia und ihr ziemlich umwerfender Wintercocktail
Roman
by Catherine Miller, Katharina Förs, Sonja Schuhmacher
Olivia Turner hat zwei große Leidenschaften: ihre Strandhütte an der schönsten Küste Englands und einen guten Drink. In ihrem Gin Club könnte die höchst agile 84-Jährige eigentlich jeden Abend in Ruhe ihren Gin Tonic genießen – und den weltbesten Wintercocktail kreieren. Wenn … ja, wenn nicht wieder einmal alles ganz anders käme: Eine neue Bar versucht, den Gin Club in den Ruin zu treiben, und ein Unbekannter dringt heimlich in Olivias Strandhütte ein und beschmiert außerdem die Wände des Gin Clubs. Doch nicht mit Olivia! Mit ihrem Segway nimmt die tatkräftige Lady die Verfolgung auf und flitzt durch die Westbrook Bay, um den Strolchen auf die Schliche zu kommen … Ein mitreißender und amüsanter Roman über eine Best Agerin, die sich nicht unterkriegen lässt und ihre Träume lebt …
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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2024Manchester minds
A university history of ideas
by Stuart Jones
A bicentennial celebration of brilliant thinkers from The University of Manchester's history. The year 2024 marks two centuries since the establishment of The University of Manchester in its earliest form. The first of England's civic universities, Manchester has been home and host to a huge number of influential thinkers and generated world-changing ideas. This book presents a rich account of the remarkable contribution that people associated with The University of Manchester have made to human knowledge. A who's who of Manchester greats, it presents fascinating snapshots of pioneering artists, scholars and scientists, from the poet and activist Eva Gore-Booth to the economist Arthur Lewis, the computer scientist Alan Turing and the physicist Brian Cox.
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History of Art / Art & Design StylesFebruary 2017After 1851
The material and visual cultures of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham
by Edited by Kate Nichols, Sarah Victoria Turner
Echoing Joseph Paxton's question at the close of the Great Exhibition, 'What is to become of the Crystal Palace?', this interdisciplinary essay collection argues that there is considerable potential in studying this unique architectural and art-historical document after 1851, when it was rebuilt in the South London suburb of Sydenham. It brings together research on objects, materials and subjects as diverse as those represented under the glass roof of the Sydenham Palace itself; from the Venus de Milo to Sheffield steel, souvenir 'peep eggs' to war memorials, portrait busts to imperial pageants, tropical plants to cartoons made by artists on the spot, copies of paintings from ancient caves in India to 1950s film. Essays do not simply catalogue and collect this eclectic congregation, but provide new ways for assessing the significance of the Sydenham Crystal Palace for both nineteenth- and twentieth-century studies. The volume will be of particular interest to researchers and students of British cultural history, museum studies, and art history.
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